UserLookAndFeel.ActiveStyle Property

Gets the style currently applied.

Namespace: DevExpress.LookAndFeel

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
public virtual ActiveLookAndFeelStyle ActiveStyle { get; }

VB.NET

<Browsable(False)>
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ActiveStyle As ActiveLookAndFeelStyle

Property Value

Type	Description
ActiveLookAndFeelStyle	A ActiveLookAndFeelStyle value specifying the currently applied style.

Available values:

Name	Description
Flat	Control borders are flat. The following screenshot shows the Flat style applied to a button edit control.
UltraFlat	Borders have an Office XP style. Borders and the client area are highlighted when the mouse pointer is positioned over them or they are focused. The following screenshot shows the UltraFlat style applied to a button edit control.
Style3D	Control borders are three-dimensional. The following screenshot shows the Style3D style applied to a button edit control.
Office2003	Borders and buttons have an Office 2003 style. The borders and client area are highlighted when the mouse pointer is positioned over them or they are focused. The following screenshot shows the Office2003 style applied to a button edit control.
Skin	Control elements are painted using the skin determined by the UserLookAndFeel.SkinName property. The following screenshot shows a button editor painted using the default Caramel skin.
WindowsXP	Control elements are painted using the XP theme. The following screenshot shows the WindowsXP style applied to a button edit control.

Remarks

The ActiveStyle allows you to get the currently applied style. This is determined by the style of the LookAndFeel object returned by the UserLookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeel property.

The ActiveLookAndFeelStyle type extends the LookAndFeelStyle type by adding the ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP value.

The current style is defined by the UserLookAndFeel.UseWindowsXPTheme and UserLookAndFeel.Style properties.

If UserLookAndFeel.UseWindowsXPTheme is set to true, controls should be painted using the XP theme (if it is available) and the ActiveStyle property will return the ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP value. If the XP theme is not available or the property is set to false, the current style is controlled by the UserLookAndFeel.Style property and ActiveStyle will return a corresponding value.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the ActiveStyle property.

Note

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C#

how-to-create-a-custom-rangetrackbarcontrol-with-multiple-tick-marks-e4443/CS/mrtbViewInfo.cs#L183

    return new RangeTrackBarObjectPainter();
if (this.LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle == ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP)
    return new RangeTrackBarObjectPainter();

how-to-create-trackbarcontrol-with-progressbar-instead-of-a-track-line-e3286/CS/ProgressTrackBar/MyTrackBarViewInfo.cs#L22

    return new TrackBarObjectPainter();
if (this.LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle == ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP)
    return new WindowsXPTrackBarObjectPainter();

how-to-change-scroll-bar-size-and-scroll-bar-button-width-in-custom-memoedit-e3555/CS/WindowsApplication1/MyMemoEditHScrollBar.cs#L12

{
    if (LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle == ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Skin)
        return new MyScrollBarPainter(LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeel);

how-to-create-a-caption-bar-control-e2091/CS/S134179/CaptionBar.cs#L12

protected override ObjectPainter CreatePainter() {
    switch (LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle) {
        case ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Office2003: return new CaptionBarObjectPainter(this);

how-to-increase-the-groupcontrol-captions-height-based-on-the-captions-multiline-text-size-e2179/CS/WindowsApplication3/MyGroupControl.cs#L17

protected override ObjectPainter CreatePainter() {
    if (LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle == DevExpress.LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Skin) return new MyGroupObjectPainter(this, LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeel);
    return base.CreatePainter();

VB.NET

how-to-create-a-custom-rangetrackbarcontrol-with-multiple-tick-marks-e4443/VB/mrtbViewInfo.vb#L193

End If
If Me.LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle = ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP Then
    Return New RangeTrackBarObjectPainter()

how-to-create-trackbarcontrol-with-progressbar-instead-of-a-track-line-e3286/VB/ProgressTrackBar/MyTrackBarViewInfo.vb#L21

End If
If Me.LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle = ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.WindowsXP Then
    Return New WindowsXPTrackBarObjectPainter()

how-to-change-scroll-bar-size-and-scroll-bar-button-width-in-custom-memoedit-e3555/VB/WindowsApplication1/MyMemoEditHScrollBar.vb#L14

Protected Overrides Function CreateScrollBarPainter() As ScrollBarPainterBase
    If LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle = ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Skin Then
        Return New MyScrollBarPainter(LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeel)

how-to-create-a-caption-bar-control-e2091/VB/S134179/CaptionBar.vb#L16

Protected Overrides Function CreatePainter() As ObjectPainter
    Select Case LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle
        Case ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Office2003

how-to-increase-the-groupcontrol-captions-height-based-on-the-captions-multiline-text-size-e2179/VB/WindowsApplication3/MyGroupControl.vb#L18

Protected Overrides Function CreatePainter() As ObjectPainter
    If LookAndFeel.ActiveStyle = DevExpress.LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeelStyle.Skin Then
        Return New MyGroupObjectPainter(Me, LookAndFeel.ActiveLookAndFeel)